Why do you post here?

... Jennifer turns the electrodes back on. Never, ever underestimate the efficacy of negative feedback.

Just a thought.

We are nerds, baseball nerds for that manner we take an extra step in explaining ourselves. Also I like to argue about the following: ESPN, the media in the bay area, moneyball or beane ball (whatever you people call it), oh and 145764 diaries about Chavez striking out too much.

The way I see it, there are at least 15% of the "I could of said I told you so" types.  [Lunitic Fringe] I know your out there! And no one is going to know if your the person who votes that way. So, so far there really should be two votes for option #2.  Be genuine, people!

because other people get annoyed. On here, someone could tell me to "Shut the hell up" and I would do it (or if I was in a rebellious mood, I'd fight back and not worry about having some chick wanting to beat my ass the next day). I post here because I've gotten more out of this website than I have talking to friends at school about baseball. I've made friends that I wouldn't have made otherwise and I've learned more in over a year on AN than I had in 7 years as a baseball fan. I post here because I can let my intellectual baseball side take over(although I'm reluctant to let that out sometimes) or I could let my hormone raging baseball player's ass loving side out and I could have a conversation with anyone.

I post here because, face it. How/where would AN be without me???? ;)

Seriously. I like the fact I can be weird, nerdy or just honest about the game I used to love and usually find a few people out there who will engage with me.

I like chatting with a number of the regulars.  I think that's sort of different from wanting attention. I like the idea that as a relative old-timer I can welcome in shy newcomers. I like the Link Dump because it's sort of the anti-attention diary; it's a pot luck not a chef's masterpiece.

The main attention-calling thing I've done is the Diego series. But even that isn't mere begging for attention. Anyone who's had to write, sing or otherwise perform knows that you can create all you want for yourself, but you go to a totally different level when you have any kind of audience. Presenting something to an audience makes you suddenly more sensitive to what stinks and what's good about your stuff. So Diego has been fun to make and fun to share and it's fun to be creative in that 'audience zone'.  Fun fun fun till my daddy took my t-ball away...

doesn't get bored.  She indulges me...to a point.  But the minute I bust out VORP, I'm sleeping on the couch.

Value Over Resting Place?  That's got to be negative and it comes at a higher cost, too.  Not very economical, but if your hand's been played [not to be construed as some ironical perverted statement], you've got to suck it up.